Bhadrakali (1976)

பத்ரகாளி

Date of release
1976-12-10
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
Drama
Director
A. C. Tirulokchandar

Casting

Interesting facts

Bhadrakali is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language psychological drama film starring Sivakumar and Rani Chandra. Produced and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar, it is an adaptation of the 1976 novel of the same name written by Maharishi. The soundtrack and film score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was remade in Telugu with the same name in 1977, in Malayalam as Pichipoo in 1978 and in Hindi as Baawri in 1982, by the same director.

Production

Tirulokchandar decided to produce and direct a film based on Bhadrakali, a 1976 novel by Maharishi. Tirulokchandar produced the film under his home production company Cine Bharath and wrote the screenplay, while Aaroor Dass wrote the dialogues.

During the final stages of filming, Rani Chandra along with her mother and sisters went to Dubai to take part in a cultural programme. When they were on a return from Bombay to Madras on 11 October 1976, their plane caught fire and crashed near the airport, killing all the passengers. By then, 60% of filming was complete.

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